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description: >-
  Diminished reality (DR) refers to the concept of removing content from a
  user's visual environment.
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# Towards Understanding Diminished Reality

## Overview

**Authors:** Yi Fei Cheng, Hang Yin, Yukang Yan, Jan Gugenheimer, David Lindlbauer

**Publication Date:** 1 January 2022

**Link:** [https://augmented-perception.org/publications/2022-DiminishedReality.html](https://augmented-perception.org/publications/2022-DiminishedReality.html)

**Keywords:** AR / VR / XR, Context-Aware Computing, Diminished Reality (DM), Content Removal, Visual Environment, User Perception, Interaction, DR-enabled Environments, Implementation, feasibility, applications

**Type:** Articles/Reports

## Summary

Diminished reality (DR) refers to the concept of removing content from a user's visual environment. While its implementation is becoming feasible, it is still unclear how users perceive and interact in DR-enabled environments and what applications it benefits.
